R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets
How the sounds work (The r changes the vowel): Spot the vowel + r: ar, or, er, ir or ur. Read it as one sound: c-ar, f-or-k. er, ir and ur sound the same, so learn which spelling each word uses: bird, turtle, tiger.
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- 1.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 2.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scurf (b) scarf (c) scorf
- 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) star (c) corn
- 4.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
- 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) hammer (b) car (c) third
- 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) burger (c) ladder
- 7.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) corn (c) carn
- 8.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
- 9.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 10.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 11.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 12.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicern (c) unicorn
- 13.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 14.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 15.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) turkey (c) fork
- 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) turtle (c) shark
- 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) torch (c) shark
- 19.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) stor (c) star
- 20.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) ferk (c) fork
- 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) star (c) computer
- 22.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 23.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 24.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) torch (c) tarch
- 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) torch (c) tiger
- 26.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) purple (c) circus
- 27.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 28.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) turtle (c) circus
- 30.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttor (c) buttar
- 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) ladder (c) car
- 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) turtle (c) flower
- 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) torch (c) turtle
- 34.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 35.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) shark (c) turtle
- 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) dart (c) purple
- 38.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jir
- 39.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) dart (c) tiger
Answer key
- ir
- scarf
- corn
- bird
- third
- burger
- corn
- circus
- ar
- or
- ar
- unicorn
- or
- ar
- ar
- fork
- shark
- thermometer
- star
- fork
- star
- ur
- ar
- torch
- tiger
- purple
- or
- turtle
- jar
- butter
- car
- unicorn
- bird
- turkey
- ur
- spider
- paper
- jar
- ir
- dart
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